De pictura

Figure from the 1804 edition of Della pittura showing the vanishing point
Rendition of Alberti's description of how a circle projected as an ellipse
Figure showing pillars in perspective on a grid

De pictura (English: "On Painting") is a treatise or commentarii written by the Italian humanist and artist Leon Battista Alberti. The first version, composed in Latin in 1435, was not published until 1450. It is one of his three treatises on art; the other two are De statua and De re aedificatoria, that would form the Renaissance concept for the fine arts: painting, sculpture, and architecture.


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